1945 January 10th Mountain Division deploys to Naples, Italy. Throughout January, 10th Mountain regiments conduct reconnaissance and combat patrols in preparation for an assault on Riva Ridge — code name for Pizzo di Campiano, . . . — — Map (db m290292) HM
From 1958 to 1964, Camp Hale played an important role as a training site for Tibetan Freedom Fighters. Trained by the CIA, many of these brave men lost their lives in the struggle for freedom. “They were the best and the bravest of their . . . — — Map (db m290295) HM
[English] President Joe Biden designated the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument on October 12, 2022 to protect its important prehistoric, historic, natural and recreational values. Facilities are . . . — — Map (db m290385) HM
Dedicated on October 12, 2022 by Joseph R. Biden Jr. President of the United States Since time immemorial, the Parianuche and Uncompahgre bands of Ute peoples traveled seasonally here to harvest the bounty of the Eagle River Valley. This area . . . — — Map (db m290356) HM
Camp Hale is the only site developed by the United States Army specifically for mountain and winter warfare training. The location provided natural features necessary for training and convenient access by both a Federal Highway and the Denver & Rio . . . — — Map (db m69168) HM
1944 March-April “The first week of the maneuvers was held in the Tennessee Pass area at well over ten thousand feet… snow and more snow fell… With fatigue a constant effect and cold an enveloping tormentor… —Harris Dusenbery, 86th . . . — — Map (db m290273) HM
As a small city, the Camp provided entertainment and recreation for its residents. There were movie theaters, a Service Club and a large field house. A camp newspaper provided updates. The Camp band played at Regimental and Divisional dances and . . . — — Map (db m290294) HM
1870s – 1880s The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RGW) begins building the highest rail line route over Tennessee Pass (10,240 feet) to transport timber, coal, gold, and silver between Denver and Salt Lake City, Utah. A railway stop . . . — — Map (db m290298) HM
1940-1941 German forces invade Czechoslovakia and Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany. The Soviet Union invades Finland; Outnumbered Finnish soldiers in white camouflage and mounted on skis ambush and destroy several . . . — — Map (db m290241) HM
As mountain troops, soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division became accomplished rock climbers. They trained on the cliffs in front of you — summer and winter, regardless of weather. Safety, not “hot dogging”, was paramount. By today's standards, the . . . — — Map (db m290296) HM
The 10th Mountain Division, America's only division trained specifically for mountain warfare, needed to know how to ski. Alex Bright, Bob Livermore, Roger Langely, and Charles M. "Minnie" Dole, leaders in American skiing during the 1930s, pressed . . . — — Map (db m290297) HM
1939-1940 German forces launch a surprise attack on Poland from the west and the Soviet Union attacks from the east in 1939; World War II begins; the Soviet Union invades Finland. 1941 German invasion of the Soviet . . . — — Map (db m290243) HM
President Benjamin Harrison set aside the White River Plateau Timberland Reserve (precursor of White River National Forest) in 1891 — the first in Colorado and second in the nation. Fern Lake Lodge, a cabin in Rocky Mountain National Park used by . . . — — Map (db m290293) HM
As World War II unfolded in Europe, no mountain and winter warfare military divisions existed in the United States. Charles Minot Dole, Chairman of the National Ski Patrol System convinced the U.S. War Department of the urgency of establishing a . . . — — Map (db m290299) HM
